Cause and Effect

After a long bout of silence, Duke Cullen sighed. "I guess dividing their forces was their second mistake?"

Solder's expression was tense; he did not respond.

At the head of the table, King Kessel sat up straight and revealed his stern face for the first time from the darkness. "Gilbert?"

The Foreign Affairs Minister, 'Cunning Fox' Gilbert, who had kept silent for a while, nodded with a somber expression.

"Perhaps the Eckstedtians understood the pros and cons of this matter ideologically, but in practice…they failed to do it."

With a keen gaze, Thales' tutor began to analyze the situation. "The outcome directly affects the City of Faraway Prayers. They would be the most motivated to seek a breakthrough.

"Defence City is unconcerned. They would opt to err on the side of caution and stability."